CanariCam Filter Wheels Page

New Positions:  Filter Wheel 1

Position #

Description

JCI Name

Stepper Counts 

1

ArIII

ArIII-8.99

11

2

SIV

SIV-10.5

99

3

PAH2

PAH2-11.3

186

4

NeII

NeII-12.8

274

5

NeII_ref2

NeII_ref2-13.1

361

6

Si-1

Si1-7.8

448

7

Si-2

Si2-8.7

536

8

Si-3

Si3-9.8

624

9

Si-4

Si4-10.3

712

10

Si-5

Si5-11.6

800

11

Si-6

Si6-12.5

889

12

Open

Open

976

13

PAH1

PAH1-8.6

1064

New Positions:  Filter Wheel 2

Position #

Description

JCI Name

Stepper Counts 

1

Pupil Imager

pupil_imager

12

2

Q8 sub Q band

Q8-24.5

99

3

Q4 sub Q band

Q4-20.5

186

4

Q1 sub Q band

Q1-17.65

274

5

QH2

QH2-17.0

362

6

SiC

SiC-11.75

450

7

Q wide

Qw-20.8

537

8

N

N-10.36

625

9

M

M-4.7

713

10

L

L-3.77

800

11

K

K-2.2

889

12

Poly

Poly

977

13

Open

Open

1065




CanariCam Filter Wheels Page (20051101)

Old positions - do not use!!!

Filter Wheel 1

Position # Description JCI Name Stepper Counts 
1 Si-6
Si6-12.5 -72
2 Si-5 Si5-11.6 15
3 Si-4 Si4-10.3 102
4 Si-3 Si3-9.8 189
5 Si-2 Si2-8.7 276
6 Si-1 Si1-7.8 363
7 NeII ref2 NeII_ref 451
8 NeII NeII 538
9 PAH2
PAH2 625
10 SIV SIV
712
11 ArIII (+PAH1 ref2) ArIII 779
12 PAH1 (+ArIII ref1) PAH1 886
13 Open Open 979

Filter Wheel 2

Position # Description JCI Name Stepper Counts 
1 Q wide
Qw-20.8
545
2 SiC SiC 458
3 QH2 QH2 371
4 Q1 sub Q band
Q1 284
5 Q4 sub Q band
Q4
203
6 Q8 sub Q band Q8 110
7 Pupil Imager pupil_imager
13
8 Open
Open
1042
9 Poly
Poly
978
10 K
K
893
11 L
L
806
12 M M 719
13 N
N
632
Filter wheel mask blanks can be found here.

Old positions - do not use!!!  Left here for CD4, for confirmation as many postions have been moved.

Filter Wheel 1

Position # Description JCI Name Stepper Counts 
1 Si-6
Si6-12.5 -72
2 Si-5 Si5-11.6 15
3 Si-4 Si4-10.3 102
4 Si-3 Si3-9.8 189
5 Si-2 Si2-8.7 276
6 Si-1 Si1-7.8 363
7 NeII ref2 NeII_ref 451
8 NeII NeII 538
9 PAH2
PAH2 625
10 SIV SIV
712
11 ArIII (+PAH1 ref2) ArIII 779
12 PAH1 (+ArIII ref1) PAH1 886
13 Open Open 999

Filter Wheel 2

Position # Description JCI Name Stepper Counts 
1 Q wide
Qw-20.8
530
2 SiC SiC 1574
3 QH2 QH2 1487
4 Q1 sub Q band
Q1 1400
5 Q4 sub Q band
Q4
1313
6 Q8 sub Q band Q8 1226
7 Pupil Imager pupil_imager
1154
8 Open
Open
1052
9 Poly
Poly
965
10 K
K
878
11 L
L
791
12 M M 704
13 N
N
300

Filter wheel mask blanks can be found here.

Chris Packham; June 19th, 2006